Nothing to cheer about New York subway passengers pretend they’re happy about the whole thing as they plunk down dimes to pass the turnstiles. Actualiy, the majority of New Yorkers feel much the same as the majority of Vancouverites did put the dime fare across—in other words, they’re pretty sore. last year when the BCElectric In New York, the American Labor Party and Greater New York - CIO Council are circulating petitions to restore the 5-cent fare. Electrie’s captive city council an- nounced they could find no grounds for contesting the so-called “inter- im” 10-cent fare which Non-Parti- san aldermen agreed in closed meeting last November they would not fight, ‘Council also moved to seek fur- ther. informaticn on subsequent PUC hearings, which the CRA and ed-as planned to baost fares and rates in.all brackets.: | CRA forced the isSue on refusal of the Public Utilities Commission, allegedly set up for the protection of the public ‘interest, to release a copy of the B. C. Electric submis- sion “to any person or associa- tion.” A protest on this “non-coop- eration” was forwarded to Premier “Boss” Johnson, pointing out that, “the issue involved, that of trans- one, and we feel the Public Utili- By NANCY HAMILTON flood compensation South Westminster residents want 100 percent eT Se NEW —PORT MANN, B.C. Flooded-out berry growers face the possibility of having to exist on social assistance grants. This. admission was wrung from Alex Hope, Coalition-Conservative MLA for Delta, at a meeting of residents of the south bank.of the Fraser sponsored by Bridge- view Community Association The admission gomes in the wake of an ominous remark during the special session of the legislature that there are “too many raspberries.” The Coal- ition does not propose to compen- sate the hard-hit berry growers, or any other victims, for loss of SOOO OOOO _ FOR PURITY AND QUALITY a Buy Hastings Bread Cakes, Pastries HASTINGS BAKERY 716 E. Hastings St. ner ax —— Crystal Steam Bath NEWLY RENOVATED Now under new management of Mr. and Mrs. L. Loffund. Qualified Medical Masseurs in attendance. Open 7 Days a Week ALSO Crystal Beauty Salon MISS MARGARET LOFLUND Complete Beauty Service Featuring Expert Hair Styling 1763 East Hastings Street} HAstings 0094 — THT HT this week. s by Premier ‘Boss’ Johnson ‘income due to the flood. Reeve C. Shultz of Surrey was co-speaker with Hope, By a unanimous vote, the meet- ing adopted a resolution proposed ‘by Len Shepherd, former’ CCF MLA for the constituency, demand- ing the following: @ 100 percent compensation for , all flood lesses, including crop income losses. @ Administration . of © rehabili- tation and compensation funds by the municipalities concerned, assisted by local committees and |Boatyards buck workers’ demands The boatyards section of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Associa- tion is showing little disposition to meet urgent wage needs of close to 1,000 workers in the wooden boat- yards of this ccast,. actording to George Brown, business agent for Marine Workers local No. 1. ™ Union is negotiating for a ‘ten- point program including 35 cents an hour basic wage increase. for |all categories, union shop and paid statutory holidays. So far employ- ers have only agreed to two points —that any contract amendments | negotiated shall take effect Aug- ust 1, 1948, and that there will be provision for working in oil tanks and other dirty places. HIGHEST PRICES PAID for DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD Other Valuable Jewellery STAR LOAN CO. Ltd. EST. 1905 719 Robson St. — WAr_ 2629 DOB SOHOE OE Oe YS t working with Victoria and Ot- tawa officials. @ A long-range federal-provin- cial flood control policy, includ- ing investigation of constructing a canal to direct Pitt River fresh- ets into Burrard Inlet, flood control dams on tributaries with a view to cheap electric power, establishment of a unified central river authority, and operations now to properly dredge the Fraser channel. | The meeting urged municipal of- ficials to press for immediate ac- tion on these demands, and decid- ed to forward copies to all other interested. bodies for endorsation and action. Preamble to the resolution stat- ed that “the Fraser River is the key to the economy of the whole Fraser Valley and it is vitally neces- sary to keep the river in its pro- .per course and to keep the channel open to deepsea shipping.” It noted the 75-25 percent agree- ment betwee federal and provin- cial governments and held that both governments “should be held to their stated promises in all mat- ters concerned with immediate re- habilitation and river control.” Concluding, the preamble con- tended that the municipalities, “with representation from flooded communities,” were the logical agencies to administer relief ‘“be- cause cf their intimate knowledge of local conditions, losses, assess- ment rolls and roads.” : ALWAYS MEET AT Excellent Acoustics THE PENDER AUDITORIUM Renovated—Modernized—Hall Large and Small for Every Need DANCING—CONVENTIONS—MEETINGS Triple Mike P.A. System — Wired for Broadcasting 339 West Pender Street Pacific Tribune months ago expos- | portation fares, is a major public). Civic Reform wins fight to see B.C. Electric’s fare ‘submission Vancouver’s Civic Reform Association, whose 1947 mayoralty candidate, Mrs. Effie Jones, polled a majority of votes cast by individual citizens in a straight fight against B.C. Electric fare increases, has succeeded in gaining permission to inspect a copy of the B.C Electric submission to the Public Utilities Commision. This permission, a result of prolonged pressure,.came as experts appointed by the B.C. ties Commission is doing the pub- lic a disservice.” “The reason given was that not enough copies were available, which in our opinion is a poor one and certainly not insurmountable.’ While Johnson did not accede to CRA’s request to see that a copy of the report was released, he ad- vised that copies were available for municipality or the office of the PUC. Armed with this letter, the CRA won from city clerk Ronald Thompson promise that he “would be pleased to make avail- able to you for perusal at this of- fice a copy of the information fur- nished to the city by the B.C, Elec- tric’ Railway Co., Ltd., and associ- ated and subsidiary companies.” This means the CRA will have to transcribe the entire B.C. Hlectric case in the city clerk's office. a The prolonged runaround that greets any citizen or organization seeking company data has become characteristic of both the PUC and the city council and is designed to put company opponents in the posi- tion of being charged with lack of documented information by the same company, commission and council that withheld the informa- tion. Further evidence that the PUC aims at protecting company pro- fits from the public rather than vice-versa is its attempts to freeze out opponents from hear- ings by refusing them recogni- . tion as “interested parties.” Lat- est attempt at this is running in- \to heavy opposition as Boundary Road property owners are asking Burnaby Council to get a court order compelling the PUC to hear Burnaby’s case against project- ed building of pylons down Boundary Road. © inspection either through the Brand gov't DP policy Charge that the King govern- ment, by rejecting three nominees proposed by the International Fur and. Leather Workers Union, is providing itself a fré¢e hand in® sel- ecting 500 fur workers te be brought to Canada from DP camps in Europe, has been made by Robert Haddow, the union’s inter- national representative in Mont- real, and is substarftiated by E. E. Leary, union representative here. Originally, the selecticn was to be made by a team composed of ‘representatives of manufacturers, union and government. But, ac- cording to Haddow, the govern- ment has rejected the names of three nominees successively stb- mitted by the union “because their political beliefs or affiliations were not to the liking of the govern- ment.” Haddow stated that his union was concerned in ensuring that these brought to Canada under the scheme should not be used for anti- union activities or lowering living standards and working conditions. In reply to his wired protest against the government’s rejection of union nominees E. E. Leary re- ceived from Deputy Labor Minister A. McNamara a telegram stating that the government “would be very pleased to provide facilities for a representative to Germany to assist in the selection if a man was nominated who could be cleared by: the authorities as being free from favoring communism.” This, Leary commented this week, is “merely cover for the gov- ernment’s policy of encouraging the entry into Canada of pro-fas- cist undesirables.” Worker who saved dykes gets shabby treatment | —NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. “A peg-legged sleepless old guy who lives in a dyke squatter cabin is the brains behind this district’s flood fight —his word a law backed by the mayor and engineers of New Westminster. Red-faced, gnarled ‘Scotty of the Dykes’ is going on 73, but, in flat army cap, khaki shirt, navy blue pants (one off at tHe knee), he stands up there as straight as a gir- der and just as tough.” That's how Barry Mather, Van- couver News-Herald columnist, de-! scribed “Scotty” Mackenzie — the man whose experiencé in fighting floods along the Mississippi is gen- erally credited here with having saved the Queensborough dykes. But there’s a sequel to his story that isn’t likely to be given front- page publicity in the News-Herald. Against the greater injustice that is being done by the Coalition government to flooded out Fraser Valley residents it’s no more than an incident, but along the Queens- borough dykes it has stirred up the entire community, While “Scotty” was out directing the work on the dykes some one broke into his cabin which he had left unlocked with a fire burning so that any weary dyke workers might rest and dry out their cloth- es. The thief tcok his work pants —they were useless to anyone else because one leg had been cut off— and smashed his phonograph. The Red Cross sent him another suit of clothes and Mayoy William _ Mott came down‘and° handed him ($20 as a personal gift. When the flood danger had Passed Mayor Mott visited “Scotty” again and gave him another $25, telling him /it was merely a token of apprecia- — tion.and suggesting that he “treat the boys to a beer.” “Scotty,” who makes his liveli- , hood sharpening knives and axes; | was told to put in for the houns he had worked, and the modest bill he submitted, for 281 hours, wa5 considerably lower than the actual time he had spent on the dykes; sometimes for 30 and 36 hours at a stretch. “Scotty” . received his cheque. The total was $91, but two amounts, $20 and $25, were deducted. And to pile insult upon insult, he was told at he could not have the steady joP on the dykes he had been promised because his ‘wooden leg would punch holes in the dykes—the same wooden leg he had used-to fin weak spots in the dykes during the flood. we “Scotty” isn’t saying very much- But his neighbors are saying ple?” | ty, and none of. it’s complimentary | _to’ “Boss” Johnson. and his Coal- ition government, } PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JULY 16, 1948—PAGE- 6